Feed Me To The Fish

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Meritocracy in Singapore?

Hi Rachel,I have been watching the local wayang for 50 years since I was a kid at 7. I must say it's 'same shit, different time'! I like your take on the comparison between Ching Cheong of ST (accused in China) and Mas Selamat (accused in S'pore). Guess it's the same shit again, "If you're not with me. you're with the terrorists!"

What's terrorism anyway? If the definition is "achieving your political goals without any concern for the loss of lives and sufferings of innocents" then the Jihadists are not the only ones. The innocents in Iraq and Afghanistan are the victims of another form of terrorism. If we take a step further, Mr Chia Thye Poh was a victim of terrorism. He was terrorized for 31 years of his life?

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

A replacement for Singapore's Most Wanted

Unless he's caught, news of the above will slowly but surely be replaced by Rijal Yadri bin Jumari, 27. According to the ministry, the JI leadership sent Rijal to Afghanistan in 2000 to undergo military training at al Qaeda's Camp Farouq in Kandahar and also at a training facility in Kabul at the arrangement of al Qaeda.

"His training included weapons-handling, explosives, surveillance and guerrilla warfare. Rijal met Osama bin Laden on a number of occasions," the ministry said.

As much as I can laugh at the silliness of it all, I am most concerned with the way they are calling the shots. With their whims and fancies, they can just pick anybody up, throw some accusations at them and lock them up for good with a Detention Order. Now anybody visiting certain internet sites too often can be accused of being "self-radicalised" and can end up at Whitley Detention Centre! Wow, ISD is such an Emperor's tool! Who would want it give it up?

These are impressionable persons who in the course of their exposure to radical rhetoric typically through the Internet, become enamoured with terrorist ideology. They are not unintelligent people but they are misguided to feel a connection with the political cause espoused by such radicals as it is dressed in religious garb. Their emotions are stoked by stories of atrocities against others of the community. They feel obliged to do something about this and they are urged to fight and kill oppressors to defend the religion and its global community. Our Muslim religious leaders have responded robustly to such distortions and have moved to counter the influence of such radical sources.

Or should everybody be guided by local msm like CNA and ST and be captivated by the rhetoric and never ending spins of the local newsmakers like this while Mas Selamat is still missing? Why keep scoring own goals?

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Tak Boleh Tahan - CASE can SDP cannot.

Of all the placards carried, I can relate to the above most. O$P$. Unlock it and give it back to the rightful owners!

My frustration with CPF and arrogant mintsters started here. After my enquiry on why I can't use the $30,000 locked in my Medisave for my healthcare, they now tell me I can use my Medisave for outpatient treatment on the following conditions:

For every bill, I must1. Pay a cash sum of $30 first (Deductible)2. Pay another 15% of balance of bill ( Co-Insurance)3. Maximum withdrawal of $300 per year.

What eats me and prevent me from improving my cardiac condition :( is that everytime I go get my statins, ace inhibitors, beta blockers and blood thinners, I need to pay an Administration Fee of $3 plus to the Extortionists. Who's bloody money is it anyway?

With clever legislations, the extortionists forced me to surrender my money to them. Now they tax me for using my owned hard earn money when I need to buy drugs and see doctors!

Sorry I digressed. Back to World Consumers' Rights Day. From the video, I can empathise with the poor cop. I guess it tough to be arrowed into this particular duty. Or are the perks and pay worth the ignominy?

I wonder the mainstream media will touch on the exciting news today. Hey, they show them when it happenes in Malaysia, Burma and now even in Tibet. First world Singapore must catch up too! Maybe some coverage with video like above from CNN may bring some mainstream media credibility so badly needed to improve our 141th position.

ThisWell, it depends on which side you are on and which day you happen to be there.

Must it always be a case of"If you are not with me, you don't get HDB upgrade"or is it"If you are not with me, you are with the terrorist"?

As the lame has not caught up with the limp (oops, I mean Home Team has not caught Mas Kastari), I bet some brave folks will be blamed by some fat cats of being irresponsible and disloyal to Singapore for spreading our security forces too thin this Saturday.

Next, they may tell me that Mr Mas Selamat Kastari is actually Mr David Copperfield also known as Criss Angel aka David Blaine aka Phey Yew Kok! Yes, the COI may just tell us so.

While the wayang continues, does anyone give a thought to the family members of Mr Mas Selamat Kastari?

If I were a child of Mas, I would ask The ISD, "You took my father away. As he's under your detention, are you not responsible for his safety? How can you be so careless as to let him disappear? Can you please bring him back?"

Similarly, how would your feel if you were the wife of Tang Liang Hong or even the young children of Chee Soon Juan who keeps getting locked up in Queenstown Prison.

Well, some would say they deserve the punishment and incarceration. But do they?

Walau eh, our MM can release more information from Manama (mana ini?) than our Home Team Boss who is at where the action is. Interestingly, Wong Kan Seng sang about 'security lapse' and now LKY blames 'complacency'.

Who's complacency? Well, it's the custodian's, stupid!

So who the heck is the custodian? The Gurkha guard, the OC of Whitley Detention Camp, the Home Affairs Minister or who? Or the whole ging gang band of expensive elites?

Who knows?

All I know is while defending the obscene ministers' salary increase, the MM said that a "dose of bad government" may make Singaporeans realise their good fortune of having ministars at "bargain" prices.

Who would expect to get this "dose of bad government" of "complacency" and "security lapse" so soon after the last salary increase of up to $3.7million.

I guess the current salary we are paying is still not good enough for our elite ministers to perform well.

Next we must be prepared, be very prepared for our "mother, wife, daughters and grand-daughters to be maids in other countries soon"!

Up salary again for ministers?

I'd say: Up yours!!!!!!

Mr Lee said that the escape showed that Singapore is not infallible.'It shows that it is a fallacy, it is stupid to believe we are infallible. We are not infallible. One mistake and we've got a big explosive in our midst. So let's not take this lightly,' he said

It is stupid to believe that we are infallible? Yes, it also very stupid to have an overbearing pride and arrogance. This episode has Mas Selamat Jalan shoving a huge dose of humble pie up theirs! One mistake? Whose mistake is it anyway?

God forbids! As much as I do not want my female relatives to be maids in other countries, I also don't want deaths and mayhem in Singapore.

It's time some elites humble down and bite the bullet. With sincerity, I hope.

If they want to eat gold and drink liquid diamond daily ( I mean what the hell can they do with so much money), please go ahead. But please lah, don't always dumb us down with stupid statements/replies as if Singaporeans are a bunch of nincompoops!

Or are we? Maybe, with the perpetual brainwashing from the MSM :)

Seriously though, this may sound mean but 80+ year old grandma would say Tien Yo Yen ( Heaven Got Eyes)

Hubris cannot last forever.

Whoever you are, which ever station in life you are in, you have to pay.

About Me

I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
The double speak, the hubris that I get from the power that is especially the leeders irks me no end.
The balls carrying sychophantic mainstream media suffocate me. I can hardly breathe.
Some say I may get radicalised, but fortunately, the alternative news and views that I get from internet keeps me sane.
The ability to write in this blog gets the elephant off my chest and helps me breathe easier. It lightens me up!
When it's all said and done, just feedmetothefish.
With my crazy writing, my children and the greatgrandma of my granddaughter worry that the "legal/factual" big stick will come after me for being radicalised or for being ridiculous:)
Hopefully, the fish will get me first:)
Thank you for visiting.